2011 Bloody Elbow Tournament of Bad: Sweet Sixteen Voting, Part One
by Mike Fagan on Jun 7, 2011 8:19 PM EDT
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After a long and extensive process, esteemed colleague Brent Brookhouse and I are proud to bring you the 2011 Bloody Elbow Tournament of Bad, an idea from the local Chicago sports radio show, Boers and Bernstein. The concept is simple: compile a list of 64 of the worst things related to the sport of MMA and pit them against one another in an NCAA Tournament-style bracket. You, the readers, vote on each match up until we have our ultimate champion.
It's time for things to stop being polite, and start getting mildly serious while keeping up the irreverent aesthetic of the whole thing. We're down from our original bracket of 64 to the 16 worst things related to MMA. You can check out the full bracket here.
We start the Sweet Sixteen voting on the left side of the bracket, featuring the Jon Hess and Art Jimmerson Regions:
Jon Hess Region
(8) MMA Judging vs. (12) Fight of the Night bonuses to bad brawls
(2) Gus Johnson's makeup vs. (3) "Explosive and athletic" black fighter stereotype
Art Jimmerson Region
(1) Chael Sonnen's credibility vs. (5) Thanking God during postfight interview
(6) Leonard Garcia scorecards vs. (10) UFC scrubbing history
Photos courtesy of UFC.com, Google Image Search, Esther Lin for Fanhouse, and my own private stash of MMA events.
Voting after the jump. Polls open until midnight ET tomorrow.
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by MattParker117 on Jun 7, 2011 8:07 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
came here to post that
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by The Lethal Haze on Jun 7, 2011 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed
this bracket is a mind fuck
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by LRaunThaDamaja on Jun 7, 2011 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Now it's really hard to pick
Judging
Gus Johnson
Sonnen
and Garcia?
Really wouldn’t get mad if i’m wrong with all of those.
These are getting real hard to decide
Judging (tough pick)
Gus
Thank God (easy pick)
Garcia (tough pick)
I wish I would have seen the first thread for entry suggestions I probably could have thought of dozens of things
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Giving thanks to God (although a bit annoying) is an easy pick over Sonnen’s bs credibillity!? And Garcia being given the nod over the scrubbing of the accomplishments of the original ufc fighters who laid the basic foundation for the UFC!? That’s madness sir, MADNESS!
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Jun 8, 2011 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
That Garcia - Scrubbing history is a toughie
But I’ve got scrubbing history going all the way on my personal bracket. Nothing screams 1984 like the erasure of the past.
Definitely.
I’m taking Scrubbing History and Cecil Peoples to be in the finals, with Scrubbing History winning a split decision.
Erasing/modifying history is completely unacceptable in any form.
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by RearNakedChoker on Jun 7, 2011 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Having a reaaaaaalllly hard time between Gus and explosive athletic…
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Thankfully, Gus himself is explosive and athletic.
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by pdl on Jun 7, 2011 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
naw he grew up in the burbs.
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by the-gentle-way on Jun 7, 2011 9:33 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He's also dynamic and creative.
In school he would beat the living crap out of bullies.
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All favorites and scrubbing history
Garcia and judging are basically the same thing, in fact so is bad brawls. But judging is a bigger deal.
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Bad brawls – we know bad judging will win but I felt lucky tonight.
Gus
God. Easy one.
Garcia.
by pud333 on Jun 7, 2011 8:35 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
For everyone not voting for UFC scrubbing history keep this in mind: In ten years, UFC may have a catastrophic falling out with GSP and begin viciously erasing every credential or great moment he’s ever had away only leaving his name in the title lineage due to necessity. They’ll act as if he never existed.
That’s not hyperbole or fearmongering. They’ve already done it with Frank Shamrock. If Frank hadn’t made his comeback no modern MMA fan would have any idea who he is at all, someone who was quite possibly the greatest fighter of his era would have simply been forgotten.
by Hawk52 on Jun 7, 2011 8:45 PM EDT reply actions 13 recs
respect.
the GSP example may be a bit much, since he has been perhaps the most exemplary UFC company man / franchise player – but your point is more than valid, its right on the money.
how many Bas Rutten highlights do you see? sure, he didn’t fight much in the UFC, but that’s bullshit.
by Victor Rodriguez on Jun 7, 2011 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions
couldn’t have said it better…. lets face it Garcia will be gone in a few years and so will Cecil Peoples. I don’t see those forgotten fighters ever being welcomed back.
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by Matt Millen draft advisor on Jun 7, 2011 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
very well said
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by LRaunThaDamaja on Jun 7, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you for your post
been saying it for a long time. he was the greatest fighter of the first 30 UFC’s and it isnt even close sorry Royce
I don't think they can quite get away with it as easily...
Now that there’s more than 100 people watching it.
GSP - A machine designed specifically to stop Jon Fitch from ever becoming champion.
Good post.
I became an MMA fan after the history they’ve scrubbed, so it doesn’t affect me personally. I voted for it because it had much greater implications.
a) judges – naturally
b) stereotypes – Gus is only on every couple of months. the stereotypes actually permeate other athletic disciplines. that shit needs to die.
c) Sonnen – i’m a filthy heathen, and i don’t like people pushing their religion on me, but this brother fucked up. as much as i feel for him, it ain’t right.
d) scrubbing – Garcia would be redundant since judging is mostly abysmal, and it’s borderline criminal that athletes that deserve more recognition don’t get props because they won’t ‘play nice’.
by Victor Rodriguez on Jun 7, 2011 8:46 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I think Leonard Garcia scorecards is my choice to win the whole thing. If we are talking about one unique, escapsalating piece of bad, Leonard Garcia’s uncanny ability to win decisions in fights nobody thinks he won is a phenomenon and should be recognized as such.
Seriously?
Over Peoples and erasing history? I’d rather watch Garcia win the rest of his fights by bad decision for the next 20 years rather than see Peoples associated with MMA for the next 20 seconds. And to try to erase GSP 1.0 from history is just downright shameful.
But, to each his own. :)
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by RearNakedChoker on Jun 7, 2011 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
"Explosive and athletic" black fighter stereotype all the way
After one of the announcers dropped the “explosive” label on Shamar the other night, I thought it was an omen. I’m ridin’ the explosive athletic train to the finals!
Woooo!!!!!
Ack! Things are getting interesting here.
Gonna have to go with:
-8 (bad judging is just a bane on the sport)
-2 (I don’t think the “explosive and athletic” black athlete stereotype is that pervasive in MMA; if I’m wrong someone please feel free to tell me what I’ve been missing)
-1 (and this is coming from a Sonnen fan)
-10 (was not an easy pick; however as much as Zuffa has done to popularize the sport and get it sanctioned, the Zuffa myth about how they were the ones to implement all the modern rules that make the sport safer needs to end)
UFC scrubbing history
pisses me off to no avail
(1) Chael Sonnen's credibility vs. (5) Thanking God during postfight interview
this is a tough one. i need to think on this for a while.
meditate if you will
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by Cory Braiterman on Jun 7, 2011 10:52 PM EDT reply actions
If one of these things pulls out to injury. I have a trained and fearsome alternate in Sherdog Pop-Up Ads. Could be a darkhorse actually.
Not that I condone facism or any ism for that matter. Isms are in my opinion, not good. A person shouldn't believe in an ism, he should believe in himself.
I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me". Good point there, after all he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. Wouldn't change the fact I have to bum rides off of people.
judging
Makeup
Sonnen
Scrubbing
I will say that judging and fotn bonuses to bad brawls were tough to choose from. I can’t stand sloppy brawls where both men exchange and wing wild over-hand rights and shit.
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
if you go with bad judging in the first question you gotta choose garcia’s scorecards as well.
pretty logic to me.
gus’ makeup and chael’s credibility are my other votes.
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by IGotBallsOfSteel on Jun 8, 2011 10:00 AM EDT reply actions
The "explosive" black stereotype doesn't bother me,
because it’s largely true. While Europeans were getting fat/ weak chilling on their farms with machines that made work much easier, Africans were keeping their bodies strong toiling away using their dated, laborious farming methods.
With the exception of the endurance- geared population of the Great Rift Valley, the Western Africans are genetically disposed towards having more fast twitch muscle, as well as more muscle in the glutes & thighs.
There are also theories about the slave culture in North America, and the use of selective genetic breeding.
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